humming a samisen tune; smooth talk; sweet words; cajolery
fraud; cheating; foul play; trickery; hoax; swindle
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
increase in sophistication; enhancement of functionality; increase in speed; upgrading
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
(very) patient; persevering
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII); (arch.) prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun
stopover (during a train or bus journey)
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; early-morning treat (traditionally given to children in some parts of Japan); wake-up sweet
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)
front entrance; front door
main building (as opposed to an annex, outbuilding, etc.); this library; this museum; this theatre
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...
having a good atmosphere; atmospheric; romantic
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
course; route; path; process; stages
to succeed; to bear fruit
thinking back now; looking back
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
government management; state management
time (for a program, programme); broadcasting hours; air time
TV blooper; broadcasting blunder
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking
without permission; without notice
extending one's stay (at a hotel, etc.)
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
to water down; to dilute with water
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
to blow out; to spout out
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
spasmodic; erratic; fitful; sporadic
violent emotion; passion; fury